Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

4/9/2015

Senate

On motion by Senator McCORMICKof Kennebec , REFERRED to the Committee on Health and Human Services, in concurrence.

5/28/2015

House

Reports READ.Representative GATTINE of Westbrook moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.On further motion of the same Representative TABLED pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.Later today assigned.

5/28/2015

House

Unfinished Business

5/29/2015

House

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6/1/2015

House

Unfinished Business

6/2/2015

House

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6/3/2015

House

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6/4/2015

House

Unfinished Business

6/5/2015

House

Unfinished Business

6/8/2015

House

Unfinished Business

6/9/2015

House

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6/10/2015

House

Unfinished Business

6/11/2015

House

Speaker laid before the HouseOn motion of Representative GATTINE of Westbrook the Bill and accompanying papers were INDEFINITELYPOSTPONED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

An Act To Improve the Health of Maine Residents through Education and Health Care

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)

Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 0679

Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for prevention education and outreach on marijuana use and its impact on youth based on the office’s marijuana workgroup’s recommendations and for substance abuse training for school personnel.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

2015-16

2016-17

All Other

$300,000

$0

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL

$300,000

$0

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)

DEPARTMENT TOTALS

2015-16

2016-17

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

$300,000

$0

DEPARTMENT TOTAL – ALL FUNDS

$300,000

$0

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)

Food Supplement Administration Z019

Initiative: Allocates funds for incentives to encourage the purchase of fruits and vegetables for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

2015-16

2016-17

All Other

$250,000

$0

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL

$250,000

$0

Head Start 0545

Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to provide touchpoint training to Head Start and child care providers to improve care and family education.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

2015-16

2016-17

All Other

$750,000

$0

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL

$750,000

$0

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143

Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Tobacco Prevention and Control account for evidence-based outreach campaigns to prevent tobacco use and educate on current tobacco laws and cessation benefits as outlined in the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s best practices for comprehensive tobacco control programs.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

2015-16

2016-17

All Other

$1,000,000

$0

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL

$1,000,000

$0

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143

Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and Statewide Coordination account for evidence-based community health coalition outreach on current tobacco laws and for evidence-based community health coalition outreach to the substance abuse and behavioral health community on tobacco cessation and policies.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

2015-16

2016-17

All Other

$500,000

$0

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL

$500,000

$0

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143

Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and Statewide Coordination account for outreach campaigns on the impact of food and beverage choices on obesity.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

2015-16

2016-17

All Other

$400,000

$0

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL

$400,000

$0

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143

Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for a new Obesity Prevention account for evidence-based efforts to decrease obesity.

Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Oral Health account to fund a pilot program with federally qualified health centers to prevent oral disease and tobacco use in young families.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

2015-16

2016-17

All Other

$250,000

$0

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL

$250,000

$0

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143

Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Community/Schools Grants and Statewide Coordination account to enhance the school-based health center model through a study of the operational needs of school-based health centers sponsored by federally qualified health centers or hospital-based practices.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

2015-16

2016-17

All Other

$65,000

$0

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL

$65,000

$0

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)

DEPARTMENT TOTALS

2015-16

2016-17

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

$3,565,000

$0

DEPARTMENT TOTAL – ALL FUNDS

$3,565,000

$0

SECTION TOTALS

2015-16

2016-17

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE

$3,865,000

$0

SECTION TOTAL – ALL FUNDS

$3,865,000

$0

SUMMARY

This bill allocates funds on a one-time basis to the Department of Health and Human Services, Fund for a Healthy Maine to improve the health of Maine residents through education and health care for the fiscal year 2015-16.

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